BRINGING THE PRESTIGE OF AN HISTORIC SCHOOL INTO A SOPHISTICATED DIGITAL EXPERIENCE.

Havergal College is one of the most prestigious girls private schools in Canada located on a 22-acre campus in Toronto’s downtown core. Founded in 1894, Havergal attracts students from around the globe, using its robust website as its primary marketing tool for its out-of-province audience.

Havergal was looking for a more modern and contemporary site that would reflect the schools standard of excellence and capture the emotion of life at Havergal. Graymatter was enlisted to redesign Havergal’s website and portal site after a competitive RFP process. An intensive needs analysis and site planning phase was required for the project because of the enormity of the site and all of all the functionality built into it.

Making a positive first impression for the school.

The site was designed using a hybrid parallax style home page that projected the image they were looking for combined with a more traditional interior architecture that allowed for flexibility of content and ease of navigation. We facilitated a professional photoshoot of the campus and student life for use on the website. We then embarked on the development process, integrating many third-party database and e-commerce tools throughout the site. It was built to be responsive with a full CMS to allow Havergal to manage their own updates.

havergal.on.ca

Making a positive first impression for the school.

The site was designed using a hybrid parallax style home page that projected the image they were looking for combined with a more traditional interior architecture that allowed for flexibility of content and ease of navigation. We facilitated a professional photoshoot of the campus and student life for use on the website. We then embarked on the development process, integrating many third-party database and e-commerce tools throughout the site. It was built to be responsive with a full CMS to allow Havergal to manage their own updates.

havergal.on.ca

Graymatter was then asked to design and develop their portal site which serves as the everyday information hub for student activities and events. Students use the portal to check calendars, find sporting event schedules, get the latest news updates and more. Once again, this was a complex project that required a lot of planning and integration. The end result was a stunning new website and highly functional portal site that has positioned Havergal as the new digital benchmark in girls private school sector. The following elements were included in the project: public website design & development, portal site design & development and a website standards guide.

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